Cousin Vinnie Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 10:40 PM, Giles N said: Very nice! Keep those reviews coming! - - - As to graphics, I may have given it a higher score than you. The drawback is only 2 frames per moving object/character. The good sides are: 12 colour sprites, and multiple parallaxes in arcade-quality colour in the backdrops. (But you mentioned the awesome backdrops... so). Agreed, its one of the best titles for the still ongoing Atari 7800. Note: I love all sorts of platform games: Wonderboy 1-5, Ghost n Goblins, Mario 1-10 (or whatever the number is by now), Castlevania-series, Sonic (2D), Scrapyard Dog 7800 and Lynx (tremendous), etc etc ... I’m a platform-game-lover, but BBCQ was very impressive for an 8 bit system... (particulary the backdrops). - - - I probably have a better NTSC TV than you: Bentley Bear says either ‘Oh No!’ or ‘Bye!’ or ‘#, ?!’ when he dies... I started playing Crystal Castles the arcade game and just realized that Bob was just carrying on what Atari did when Bentley died... again, Bob is sharp like that. My TV is fine, but man it struggles with red on Atari 7800 games. I can't fix it. The red bullets on Bob's Frenzy port are virtually invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Trebor said: I thought it was found and was planning another trip. Unsure if that ever came to fruition. That is, of course, Rev 2 Travi (Circa 2009). Original 7800 Travi (Circa 2007), saw multiple copies, ~dozen or so, around six months after the first one took off on its travels. For those multiple copies, a game was added. It's also really a 2600 ROM though, along the lines of "Save Mary" being 'for the 7800' without needing any of the latter's memory requirements. It's not accessing MARIA for graphics. It's all TIA with a small footprint 4K: It's playable (Press Reset to start). Travi continues to glide/float in the last direction it was pressed in without stopping... I have an authorized copy of Travi (not sure what Rev these would). I purchased it from the man himself @Shawn. Looks like its numbered #7. Like @Treborpointed out, it contains the game.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 1:19 PM, sramirez2008 said: I have an authorized copy of Travi (not sure what Rev these would). I purchased it from the man himself @Shawn. Looks like its numbered #7. Like @Treborpointed out, it contains the game.? I got number 8!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Cousin Vinnie said: I got number 8!!! Niiice! Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread with talk of 7800 Travi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 23 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: Niiice! Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread with talk of 7800 Travi. You good, baby. you good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicsibley Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 3:15 PM, Cousin Vinnie said: What would you like to see an in-depth review of? I’ll cast my vote for Moon Cresta. I just got it, and I’ve been trying to give it a fair shake, but DAMN it’s hard. Like, part of me feels like there’s a reason it hasn’t been ported a ton. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate it for what it is, but I’d love to hear someone else’s take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 I’ll get to Astro Fighter and Moon Cresta next, but first... I’m in the mood to bust some crazy azz brix www.atari7800Forever.com/crazybrixr.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Funkmaster__V said: I’ll get to Astro Fighter and Moon Cresta next, but first... I’m in the mood to bust some crazy azz brix www.atari7800Forever.com/crazybrixr.html Here's some Super Circus Atari Age love while we are in the bustin bawls mood http://www.atari7800forever.com/scaar.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Did you forget your password or is there some other reason you are logging in with your other account? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 10:50 PM, Mitch said: Did you forget your password or is there some other reason you are logging in with your other account? Mitch Exactly. LOL Anyways... I also reviewed Serpentine and Super Circus Atari Age this week since I've been on a Homebrew kick. Check em out www.atari7800Forever.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Finally... by request, my review of Astro Fighter for the Atari 7800 "Astro Fighter kinda looks like its own outer space bowl of Lucky Charms. You have red chubby ghosts, yellow rocket ships, and blue uteruses" - Funkmaster V http://www.atari7800forever.com/astrofr.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Wheeze about to get nasty over at Atari 7800 Forever.com, cause we are diving head first into the guts of Hearty Manslapper. HMS is an odd one from the Atari 7800's resident homebrew B movie film director: Frankodragon... try mixing 1 part Martin Short's "Inner Space", 1 part independent college film project, 1 part Salvador Dali painting, 1 part internet argument and 5 parts bag full of guts. If you were one of the snow flakes that got all offended at my Hat Trick review, holy Toledo... stay far away from this one. (It contains the word sphincter) The review lives here: www.Atari7800Forever.com/heartymanslapperr.html Edited January 26, 2021 by Cousin Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 Tonight, Atari 7800 Forever takes a look at the unfinished Tetris clone: Blocdrop! http://www.atari7800forever.com/blocdrop.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Does the source still exist? I might try doing a POKEY soundtrack to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 yes- it's in Trebor's Atari 7800 Rom Pack... its located in the 7800 forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 16 hours ago, Synthpopalooza said: Does the source still exist? I might try doing a POKEY soundtrack to it. I'm not sure if Ken's source code has or had been released/shared before or since his unfortunate passing. Such a talent, and such a loss to the community. I've only seen and heard about this game belatedly. I would LOVE to have this as a finished game. I always preferred Tengen's Tetris over Nintendo's. If you could have added those catchy tunes it would have been great! The Russian dancer animations would have been a nice touch, but not necessary. Still, based on what I've seen of his other works, it seems there is little doubt Ken would have added many more surprises to the finished project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 Asteroids Deluxe not only sounds like it comes with all the veggies, cheese and possibly bacon, its probably the best game in the space rock family. http://www.atari7800forever.com/adeluxe.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Resurrecting a review with the WAY BACK MACHINE from the old site, and polishing it up with all of this lovely 2021 "wokeness" and bitchiness, we dive into the age old question... do you prefer Commando (shirts) or Ikari Warriors (skins) in this vertical scrolling, testosterone slurping, explosion inducing review of IK. FOR ONE OR TWO PLAYERS (player two not included) http://www.atari7800forever.com/iwr.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 I CANNOT BE STOPPED TODAY Today we review ole Bobby D's take on Cinematronics ancient vector game "RIP OFF" WHAT IS HAPPENING OVA HERE? Your wife makes a friggin sweet Nacho Del Grande platter. Her Nachos are so tasty in fact, that you pridefully lay them out for your neighbors to see. Foolish boy. You live in a crappy part of town, but who knew your neighbors were pirates who have a sh*t ton of tanks at their disposal? Text your cooky best friend who lives next door, tell him to grab his tank... because those bastards are coming for your Super Bowl snacks and they hate hatred in their eyes and growling in their guts. https://www.atari7800forever.com/ripoffr.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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